Reflection #1 – Cuts and Transitions

For my first reflection blog post, I will be reflecting on what I have learned this past week in my filmography course. Over the past week, I have come to learn more about the different types of filmography cuts and transitions then I had previously known before. I was really surprised, as although I had been familiar with editing and cuts, what I have learned this past week gave me more knowledge about cuts which I can use in my own works. One of the things that caught me by surprise was the many different types of cuts and transitions which are used in filmography. Some of my favorites which I learned about include cutting on action, cutaways, match cut . Cutting on action, also referred to as an action cut, is typically seen when, for example, one character might throw a punch at another character. By using an action cut, the audience can better feel the action on screen. A cutaway is when one shot is interrupted by another shot, possibly of an object or something important, before than cutting back to the original shot. In some cases, cutaways can be used when an editor or director decides to replace a shot that might have a problem with it with a cutaway, which would solve the problem. A match cut is a cut between two different but similar shots, that are from different from each other but share the same continuity. For example, that could mean that a person in the frame is in the same place, while the camera angle is in a different spot. What really surprised me about what I learned about cuts was just how many different types of cuts that there are, even though I only listed just a few above. From these examples, I now have a wider variety of the different types of cuts and transitions used in all types of filmography. Not only this, but I now feel that I can incorporate these types of cuts into my own film work.